United Airlines [CHICAGO] announced Kate Gebo has been named executive vice president Human Resources and Labor Relations, replacing Mike Bonds, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Gebo currently serves as senior vice president and chief customer officer. Gebo has more than 20 years of airline experience, working in several functions at United, including leading the real estate function to work with airports worldwide to improve the overall customer experience through new facilities and services.

DISH Network Corp. [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] announced the appointment of Walmart veteran and human resources executive David Scott to the role of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Scott will serve DISH as an EVP and will join DISH’s management committee in February.

Deborah Deters

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [DUBUQUE, Iowa] (NASDAQ: HTLF) announced that it has named Deborah Detersas Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Deters joins Heartland after nearly eight years at HUB International, LTD, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to her time at HUB, Ms. Deters served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Bally Total Fitness.

Globoforce [FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & DUBLIN] announced Steve Pemberton as its new chief human resources officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Globoforce, Pemberton served as chief diversity officer and vice president of diversity and inclusion for Walgreens Boots Alliance. Prior to assuming his role at Walgreens, Pemberton served as chief diversity officer at Monster.com. In 2015, Pemberton was appointed by United States Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Competitive Integrated Employment of People with Disabilities.

Dionne Wallace Oakley

Erie Insurance [ERIE, Pa.] announced the promotion of Dionne Wallace Oakley to executive vice president of Human Resources & Strategy. Wallace Oakley came to Erie Insurance in 2011 as vice president, HR Business Partners, following a 22-year career at State Farm. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Glu Mobile Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: GLUU) announced the appointment of Gabrielle Toledano to the company’s Board of Directors. Gabrielle Toledano currently serves as Chief People Officer of Tesla, Inc. Prior to her current role, she served as the Chief Talent Officer and Executive Vice President of Electronic Arts Inc. Prior to EA, Toledano served in various HR leadership roles at Microsoft, Oracle and Siebel Systems. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University.

SecureLink [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Alexis Jones as the vice president of people. Alexis Jones, most recently the vice president of human resources at Campus Advantage, has more than 15 years of HR experience.

CNO Financial Group, Inc. [CARMEL, Ind.] (NYSE: CNO) announced that YvonneFranzese has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Previous roles include top HR leadership positions at Allianz of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and MetLife. In addition, Franzese is a retired Major from the Air National Guard.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: THC) announced that Sandi Karrmann has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Ms. Karrmann replaces Robb Webb, who has retired from the company. Since 2013, Ms. Karrmann has served as the chief human resources and support services officer for United Surgical Partners International (USPI), a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to USPI, she served in several chief people officer roles for Yum! Brands, Inc., including chief people officer for Yum! Restaurants International and Pizza Hut US. Before re-joining Yum!, Sandi served as the executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Meritage Homes Corporation. Prior to Meritage, she spent nearly 13 years with PepsiCo.

Peabody [ST. LOUIS] announced that Paul Richard has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. He spent nearly 15 years as Vice President – Human Resources for Shaw Industries Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. He also served as a human resources leader for 19 years at Ferro Corporation, including four years as Vice President – Human Resources.

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AERI) announced the appointment of Paul Bae as Vice President of Human Resources. He previously held related positions at St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. [FAIRFIELD, Iowa] announced that Teri Bockting has been promoted to vice president of Human Resources. Bockting joined Cambridge in 2014. Prior to joining Cambridge, she served as a member of the Henry County Economic Development Commission, chairperson of Henry County Business Support Committee, and held leadership positions in the Mt. Pleasant Area Human Resource Association.

CloudBees, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Evangelina Vallez has joined CloudBees as vice president of human resources. Prior to joining CloudBees, Vallez held the position of senior director of human resources with Splunk Inc. for five years. Vallez started her career at United Defense (acquired by BAE Systems) and went on to become compliance officer. In 2001, she joined Comcast (formerly AT&T Broadband). She also worked with Hewlett Packard (HP) Software Business Group from 2004-2010.

Relay Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Sarah O’Brien as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Relay, O’Brien led Human Resources for Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi), in North America. Prior to Sobi, O’Brien spent seven years working at Novartis for Novartis Vaccines and then with the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR).

ZeroChaos [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced the hire of Kelly Abrahamsen as executive vice president of global human resources, people and culture. Kelly joins ZeroChaos from Masonite International where she served as director of human resources. Prior to joining Masonite she held various human resources roles at ITW and Gardner Denver. She also spent 8-years at Kohler Company and Federal Express.

My Alarm Center [NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.] announced that it has appointed Carole Dalton as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Human Resources. Most recently, she served as the head of Human Resources and Labor Relations for Matrix North American Construction and SVP of Human Resources and Safety for Unitek Global Services.

Meredith Corporation [DES MOINES, Iowa and NEW YORK] (NYSE: MDP) announced that Dina Nathanson has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Nathanson has been Vice President of Human Resources for Meredith’s National Media Group since June 2010. Nathanson has more than 25 years of human resources experience in the media industry, including senior leadership roles at Condé Nast, Universal Pictures, Viacom UK and MTV Networks.

iWorkGlobal [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the promotion of Lisa Soughers to vice president of human resources. Soughers joined iWorkGlobal in 2016 as senior director of human resources.

Welbilt, Inc. [NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.] (NYSE: WBT) announced that Diana Sacchi joins the company’s leadership team as Chief Human Resources Officer taking over the responsibility for the function previously held by Andreas G. Weishaar, who was has become Senior Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Digital. Sacchi most recently served as Vice President, Human Resources North America for LG Electronics USA. Prior to LG, she held a variety of human resources leadership roles with Grameen America, Inc., Avon Products, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and the United Nations Development Program.

Zynga Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced that the Company has appointed Jeff Ryan as Chief People Officer effective Monday, November 27. Prior to joining Zynga, Ryan served as Senior Vice President of People at GoPro, Inc. Before joining GoPro, Ryan spent three years at CBS Corporation as Senior Vice President of HR for the company’s Digital Media Business. Ryan also spent nearly seven years at Electronic Arts, Inc., where he served as the Head of HR for EA Canada, Vice President of HR for EA Sports, and Vice President of HR for EA’s largest business unit, Publishing and Interactive. Ryan previously held HR leadership positions at Shell Oil Products, and Nestle. Ryan currently serves on the Board of Directors for Magic Memories.

Press Ganey [BOSTON] announced that Joseph Cabral has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer and President, Workforce Solutions. Most recently, Cabral was Chief Human Resources Officer for Partners HealthCare. Prior to Partners HealthCare, Cabral held the title of Chief Human Resources Officer for Cleveland Clinic, and previously for Northwell Health. He has also held Human Resources leadership roles at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston.

Melanie Anderson

Huntington Ingalls Industries [NEWPORT NEWS, Va.] (NYSE: HII) announced the appointment of Melanie Anderson as vice president of human resources at its Technical Solutions division. Most recently, she led human resources for the engineering business of KBRWyle, following KBR’s acquisition of Honeywell Technical Solutions, Inc. Prior to joining Honeywell, she held HR leadership roles of increasing responsibility for The Boeing Co., Harris Corp. and Raytheon.

Dave Gartenberg

Avanade [SEATTLE] announced that Dave Gartenberg has joined the company as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). Gartenberg was most recently CHRO for Slalom.

Ms. Monroe is replacing Wendy Scott who is retiring after serving in this same role at Varian for 13 years. Ms. Monroe served the past two years as the Chief People & Culture Officer, SVP HR at Acxiom. Prior to Acxiom, Ms. Monroe spent 13 years at Intuit where she held several HR management roles, including Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Talent Engagement. Before joining Intuit, Ms. Monroe worked in various HR and internal communications functions at Amdocs, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and Amdahl Corporation.

Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jessica Neal as Chief Talent Officer. Neal is a Netflix veteran, starting at the company in 2006. In 2013 she left to become head of human resources at Coursera, and later, Chief People Officer at Scopely. She returned to Netflix earlier this year, overseeing HR for the 2000-person product engineering team responsible for continuously improving the Netflix consumer experience.

LyondellBasell [HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands] (NYSE: LYB) announced the appointment of Darleen Caron as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, Ms. Caron was executive vice president of global human resources for SNC-Lavalin, Inc. Previously, she led HR functions for the Dow Chemical Company and ABB, and both HR and environment, safety and health for Alcan.

Debra Phillips

The Proximy Group [LOS ANGELES], parent company of Centinela Feed & Pet Supplies, Lotus Pet Foods, and 1st Care Animal Health Clinic, announced that Debra G. Phillips has been appointed as their first Chief Human Resources Officer. Debra has over 10 years experience in human resources education and leadership development and brings experiences from her previous roles at Lyondell Chemical Company, ODS International, and as Independent Business Consultant.

AppNexus [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nithya Das to the new role of Chief People and Legal Officer. Das formerly served as AppNexus’ Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Das joined AppNexus in 2011 and served as General Counsel for four years. Prior, she was a lawyer at Goodwin Procter.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced the appointment of Thomas M. Finnerty as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Mr. Finnerty spent 17 years as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Smith & Nephew. Prior to his time at Smith & Nephew, Mr. Finnerty served as Executive Director of Human Resources at Novartis/Chiron Diagnostics. Mr. Finnerty began his human resources career at The Foxboro Company.

Melissa Dabrowski

Great Lakes Management Services Organization (MSO) [GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.] announced the appointment of Melissa Dabrowski as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she was Executive Partner with Behringer & Co. based in Caledonia, Mich., where she was the lead consultant on Career Exploration client engagements. Prior to Behringer, Ms. Dabrowski led the global succession planning and talent acquisition process for Federal-Mogul, Motorparts in Southfield, Mich.

Steven Taylor

AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC) [RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.] announced the addition of Steven Taylor as Vice President, Human Resources (HR). Steven Taylor brings over 22 years of US and international HR experience with major companies including Union Carbide, British Petroleum, General Electric, and most recently Honeywell International.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Tami Lamp as Chief People Officer. Tami’s previous experience includes over nine years at Microsoft where she was instrumental in building their international development presence in India. Most recently, Tami served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Group Health.

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Lainie Cooney has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. She most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer at DPI Specialty Foods. Previously, Cooney served as Vice President of Human Resources at State Street Investment Management Services from 2005 to 2012 and as a Human Resources Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt Project Leader at Home Depot from 2000 to 2005.

Patricia Lang

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Patricia A. Lang has been promoted to vice president, chief people officer. Lang joined Diebold, Incorporated in 2012 to lead the company’s global rewards, human resources information systems (HRIS) and people analytics organizations. Prior to joining Diebold, Lang worked at Mylan N.V. She has more than 25 years of experience in human resources and related fields, successfully holding various leadership positions in human resources operations and consulting at companies such as Alcoa, Mercer, Conduent and Cigna.

Innovari, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mike Guerchon joined the company as its new Chief People Officer. Mike is an accomplished human resources and workplace executive with over 25 years of experience in both ground level start-ups and global public companies, including most recently at Riverbed Technology. Mike also previously served as Chief People Officer at Puppet and Okta and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and Ikon Office Solutions.

Principle Business Enterprises (PBE), Inc. [DUNBRIDGE, Ohio] announced that Rodney Eason has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources and Administrative Services. Eason served most recently as the HR Director overseeing the Corporate Services Group with The Andersons.

Macy’s, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: M) announced the appointment of Danielle Kirgan as chief human resources officer. Kirgan was most recently senior vice president, People, at American Airlines and prior to that, chief human resources officer at Darden Restaurants. Kirgan has also held leadership roles in human resources for ConAgra Foods, W.W. Grainger and TeleTech Holdings.

Invuity, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: IVTY) announced the appointment of Marcia Fish as Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Fish was most recently the Chief Human Resources Officer for Marlin Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that, Ms. Fish spent 21 years at General Electric (GE) in roles of increasing responsibility, including serving as Human Resources lead for several US and ex-US businesses.

Marilyn Miller

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Marilyn Miller has joined the company as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Anaplan, Miller served at CPO at Alfresco Software, where she led the global HR team. Prior to that, Miller held leadership positions at Quotient Technology, URS/AECOM, BMC Software, and Cisco Systems Inc.

LogicSource [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Jelena Brown has been appointed Chief Talent Officer. Brown joins LogicSource® from Deloitte, LLP, where she held various leadership positions over the course of her 11 year tenure with the firm. Most recently, she was responsible for building talent development in one of Deloitte’s most complex business functions. Brown began her career at the organization as a consultant.

Yvonne M. Surowiec

Valley National Bank [WAYNE, N.J.], the wholly-owned subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) announced the appointment of Yvonne M. Surowiec to Executive Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining the bank, she held the position of CHRO for CDK Global.

Synlogic [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SYBX) announced the addition of Adam Thomas as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Synlogic, Mr. Thomas served as Vice President and Head of Human Resources for Research and Development at Shire. Before joining Shire, Mr. Thomas served as Head of Human Resources for Research, Development, and Engineering for S.C. Johnson and Company. Earlier in his career Mr. Thomas served as director in various human resources functions at Pfizer.

Marcella Butler

Impossible Foods [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] hired Marcella Butler as the company’s first Chief People Officer. Previously, Butler was head of human resources at Opower, which is now part of Oracle. From 2007- 2012, she was a Director in People Operations at Google, supporting HR and Recruiting for the Product Management organization at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. She later moved into Corporate Development to lead Google’s Mergers & Acquisitions Integration team. Before that, Butler was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Pershing Square Capital Management in New York. She also held senior executive positions at Alliance Bernstein and Egon Zehnder International in New York and London. She began her career in the financial services practice of McKinsey & Company.

AMRI [ALBANY, N.Y.] announced that Joseph D. Sangregorio has joined the company as senior vice president, chief human resources officer (CHRO). Mr. Sangregorio comes to AMRI from Rank Group Ltd., where he has served as vice president and CHRO since 2011. Before Rank Group, he was vice president, chief human resources officer, Viad Corporation.

The Wendy’s Company [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NASDAQ: WEN) announced that Chief People Officer Scott Weisberg intends to leave the Company once he completes an effective transition process over the next several months. Weisberg is expected to transition his responsibilities in the first quarter of 2018 to Coley O’Brien, currently Vice President of Human Resources. Subject to final Board approval, O’Brien is expected to succeed Weisberg in the Chief People Officer role. O’Brien joined the Company in 2007 as National Director of Operations Training, and has been successively promoted through Operations and Human Resources leadership roles over the past 10 years.

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that it has appointed Amy Thompsonas Chief People Officer (CPO). Thompson joins Mattel from TOMS Shoes where she served as the head of HR for five years. Prior to TOMS, Thompson worked in several global HR leadership roles at Starbucks Coffee Company.

Scott Kavanagh

GTB [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced the appointment of Scott Kavanagh to Global Chief of Staff and Global Chief Talent Officer. Mr. Kavanagh previously held the position of President, Canada. Kavanagh began his career supporting the Ford dealer business in the Northeast and eventually led retail operations. In addition, he also served as Managing Director of Hudson Rouge, the advertising agency for Lincoln Motor Company, from 2012-2015, helping to bring to life the successful Matthew McConaughey partnership during his tenure. He has worked with GTB and with the WPP network for 17 years.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast casual restaurant brands, announced that Anthony “Tony” Dinkins has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Dinkins served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W). Prior to joining C&W, he held a number of senior human resources positions for well-known companies such as Carnival Corporation, Citrix Systems and Avoya and Lucent Technologies.

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